Video series · 6 parts
Automation Tips
Short lessons on building business automations that hold up: knowing what you automate, granularity, incremental rollout, reliability, logging and human approval.
- Part 1
Watch →YouTubeYou don't even know what you're automating - Automation Tip #1
You can't reliably automate a task you haven't first standardized and done manually. I explain why every automation needs written instructions or an SOP, and why I always do the task by hand at least once or twice…
- Part 2
Watch →YouTubeYour automations suck because they lack granularity - Automation Tip #2
More granularity in how you describe a process is what makes AI automations reliable, because if you can’t explain every tiny step in detail, you probably don’t understand the process well enough to automate it. I show…
- Part 3
Watch →YouTubeAutomation isn't an all-or-nothing process - Automation Tip #3
Automation isn't an all-or-nothing process: I argue that automating 80% of a task beats automating none of it, and I show how that plays out in things like video editing and social media management—if you spend 10…
- Part 4
Watch →YouTubeAI agents are just hype. Focus on reliability. - Automation Tip #4
I argue that most AI agents are hype and that reliable automations come from deterministic code, with LLMs used only where actual reasoning is required. I show how I build fast, cheap automations by writing the whole…
- Part 5
Watch →YouTubeLog everything, alert immediately - Automation Tip #5
I argue that proper detailed logs and immediate alerts are the difference between catching a broken AI automation in minutes and discovering it weeks later. I show why every automation step needs to be logged…
- Part 6
Watch →YouTubeRequire final approval for sensitive tasks - Automation Tip #6
Always require a human approval step before an AI agent runs any sensitive or irreversible action. I point to real incidents where autonomous agents caused catastrophic damage: one AI agent deleted a company's database…
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